Modern Romantic Fall Tablescape

Morning Sweet Friends,

How are things going at your house???

Getting ready for Thanksgiving, I'd bet,

if I were a betting woman!!  lol

That and more has been going on here.

I have also planned and finished a nice

birthday dinner for my daughter-in-love,

Megan this passed Sunday.  Was gonna

do a post about Asheville today, now that 

I have the photos, but decided someone

 might still be looking for ideas for a fun,

 easy and suitable for Thanksgiving table,

  so  thought I would share Megan's table

 with you instead.

Will be working on make ahead Vegetable

gravy, a recipe I got from Yahoo some 
years back,  cause I really disliked that last
 minute rush to get the gravy done after the 
Turkey cooked. Although,  I am not making 
a Turkey,  we are having a great chicken 
recipe that is a family favorite and much
 easier than a Turkey,  but I am making

stuffing to go with it, so hence the gravy.

Also will be working on my Thanksgiving

table too probably.  Have all the grocery

shopping done, unless there is something

I forgot.......which I probably did,  but 

don't mind those quick trips to the store

as they are much easier.

DeeAnna has been here at our house since

Sunday afternoon when she came with Scott

and Megan,  she spent the night at their house,

and has and will be working thru Wednesday,

and she leaves to go home on Thursday

morning before noon.  So we have gotten

to see her last night and tonight,  and then

Thursday morning before she goes back.

We are thrilled they are gonna be able to

be here for Christmas for a few days and

can bring Rosie since they are driving down.

Well,  better hush and get to downloading all 

these tablescape pictures...........lol

Made a lil sign and glittered it,  but it doesn't show

in the pitcture.  Hung it from the chandelier.Did it with 

print shop, and it could be a

 Happy Thanksgiving Sign as well............

Found this gold and cream Chevron Paper in one of those

lil shops underneath Dee's apartment,  it was called the

Baggie Goose, I believe,  it was a florist and gift shop.

They had a gorgeous table set with it,  I will show it to you,

when I do the photos from Asheville,  probably next week.

Since the paper had such a modern look to it,  thought what else

can I do to make it look modern,  and I remembered I already

had these glass cylinder vases filled and ready and on a tray on

my dining table,  so just pulled them off the tray and lined them

up,   then added some mercury glass gold votives in between.

a look down the table.

I used lace and satin ribbons and some pine cone

Christmas ornaments and a cylinder filled with nuts,

another cylinder filled with samll faux apples

and a cylinder filled with preserved leaves,

I have had these leaves forever!  lol

 Here is the birthday girls place setting.  I used sleek and modern

silverware with clear goblets since I was using the clear glass

cylinders.........but think my new brown glasses would have

gone well too,  but thought they might be better if I was doing

a guy table............so went with the clear stemware.

Here are some of the last leaves we picked up in Asheville,

but didn't preserve these,  so some of them were starting

to lose their color,  so decided to glitter them with gold.

I just sprayed some hair spray on them and then sprinkled

on some fine glitter.   

A look down the table from the opposite side.

I used stick on, 3 dimensional scrapbook pine
cone imbellishments on some of the votive candles.
and afterwards they come right off, with no sticky
residue or anything.  A nice bonus!
This pic has a posterized affect just for fun.

I used  some real pine cones on this side

and some fall candy of course!!  lol

an overview from the top

The parties over, so playing as usual,  just put all the leftovers
in the mix to enjoy the centerpiece for a few days before I change
it up for Thanksgiving.  I had wanted to glitter more leaves and
do this before her dinner.............but ran out of time.

 These are all after shots.................

Sharing with Susan over at 
Between Naps on the Porch
To go visit just click here!


Well, Sweet Folks, 
 Hope you have a Wonderful,
Grateful, Fun Filled, Loving and Joyful
 Thanksgiving! 
 and lots of good food too!!

colored pencil affect

 Love,  Hugs and Blessings 
Abundant to You and Yours
This Thanksgiving!

Nellie

My last Winter Tablescape for a birthday party.

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Good Morning Sweet Folks,

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Hope you are having a bright and sunny day

 where ever you live.  If it's not bright and

sunny outside,  hopefully it is bright and

sunny in your heart!

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This morning I am participating with Susan

over at between naps on the porch

for Tablescape Thursday.

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But I will also be posting my Thankful

Thursday Post as well,  just a bit later

in the day.  I would have typically 

done the tablescape post on Wed,

but was a bit too busy yesterday!

So just decided to do both today!

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Thought I would since this is my last

Winter tablescape for the year!!

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This was in honor of my sister-in-law

 Susan's Birthday Celebration!

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And Here she is with her favorite and 

only nephew, our son Scott.

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Think she is happy here!! lol

She is also a real Sweetie too!

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The arrangement started out straight,

 but then I decided it needed some-

thing for the other side

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So I turned it diagonally and added this to

 the other side,so it would look nice from

 all views.

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Here's a lil peek,  this is my wedding

silverware,  and I still love it,  but I only

have enough for the family.  

It is almost 40 yrs. old, can hardly

believe it.  We had hoped they would

bring back the pattern,  but so far

no such luck.

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I put a square red napkin at each end of

the table to add some color.

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These were pink glasses from my old

set of dishes that I moved to the kitchen.

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 I love their versatility, because they tend

 to take on a bit of a different color

 depending on what you put them with,

they go really well with the fall colors

as well.  They aren't quite as romantic

as the dishes tho!

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I put a lil affect on this called Posterizing,

thought it looked a bit more interesting!

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Here's a nice overall shot. I always

like to include a pc. of candyof some sort. 

 They were left over from Valentines day,

 but thought since this was

a loving occasion they fit nicely!!

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Another overall shot from the opposite side of the table.

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Shot from the other end of table.  Just in case you wondered, or

think the table looks  Valentine-sie (a new word).  My

winter color is dark red.

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Don't you just love a lil candle light,  I love these

adorable lil candle holders Susan gave me for

Christmas.  I have used them  a ton already.

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I actually caught the flame for a change!

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Make sure you go over to Susan's

Here! 

 to see all the other tablescape

ideas and creativity. 

I am having problems linking up to her due to problems with

 Jim's computer but hope to soon, but decided I might as well

 get it posted anyway.

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Hope you have a Wonderful Afternoon

and Evening.

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Blessings N' Hugs,

Nellie